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W. N. GOCHRANE.

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Patented yen". 6, 1888.

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WILLIAM N. OOOHRANE, OF GHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO WILLIAM E. STRONAOH, OF SAME PLACE.

WASH-BENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,921, dated March 6,1888. Application filed May 18, 1887. Serial No. 238,641. F o model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. 00011- BANE, of Oharlestown, in thecounty of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain newand useful Improvementin "Wash- Benches, of which the following is adescrip tion sufficiently full,clcar, and exact to enable any personskilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to makeand [0 use the same, reference being had to the ac-' companyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is anisometrical view of my improved bench represented as open and in po- [5sition for use; Fig. 2, an end view of the same; and Fig. 3, a verticalsection taken on theline m m in Fig. 1, the bench being represented asfolded.

Like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the drawings.

Myinvention relates more especially to that class of wash-benches whichare adapted to be closed or folded; and it consists in a novelconstruction and arrangement of parts,as hereinafter' more fully setforth and claimed, the object being to produce a cheaper, simpler,andmore effective article of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understoodby all conversant with such matters from the following explanation:

In the drawings, A represents the framework or body of the bench, and Bthe table considered as entireties. The body consists, essentially, ofthe legs 10 w y z, braces 12 d, and cross-ties O. The legs 3 z areconnected by the crossed braces d d, and also at their lower ends by thehorizontally-arranged brace b. The legs w 00 are connected at theirlower ends by the horizontally-arranged brace b,and centrally pivoted tothe outer'sides of the legs y 2, as shown at o v.

The cross-ties 0 each consist of two short horizontally -arranged bars,19 r, which are pivoted or jointed to each other at their inner ends, asshown at i, and respectively pivoted .at their outer ends to the upperends on piv- 50 ots g of the legs w y a: e, as shown in Figs. 2

and 3.

same place.

The table B consists of two outer slats, h, and intermediate slats, f,which are arranged horizontally in parallelism with each other on thecrossties 0, two of said slats being se- 5 5 cured near their ends tothe bars 19 and two to the bars r, as shown. Two transverselyarrangedbars, 70. are secured to the under sides of the slats hfat the center ofthe table, said bars being placed end to 'end and provided withprojectionst at their inner ends, which extend upward between the slatsf and are flush with the top of the table, said projections serving asstops to prevent the table from sagging at the center when opened, asshown in Fig. 1. These bars constitute a transverse folding stiffeningbar which prevents sagging and secures all the slats in the The lowercorners of the bars k at their inner ends are cut away, as shown at Z,to prevent said bars from interfering with each other as the bench isopened or closed.

It will be understood that the ties O are of such length that when thebench is open or in position for use the legs 20 :20 will respectivelystand at nearly right angles to the legs y e, as shown in Fig. 1.

The method of using my improvement will be readily apparent without thenecessity of a more particular description.

I do not confine myself to the use of any spe cial number of slats h f,as any suitable number may be employed.

Having thus explained my invention, what Y I claim isscribed.

WVILLIAM N. OOGHRANE.

WVitnesses: Y

O. M. SHAW, E. L. SAWYER.

